copy of the passport page stating the applicant’s personal particulars

confirmation/receipt of application fee payment (if applicable)

All international applicants are required to pay the application fee EUR 50, unless they have completed the previous study level in Estonia. An application will only be processed after the fee has been received by the UT. Read more about paying the application fee.

Incomplete applications or those submitted by e-mail will not be considered.

NB! Applicants graduating in 2020 and having their diplomas issued after the application deadline, should submit the most recent official transcript by the application deadline. Admitted candidates are required to post the certified copies of their graduation documents as soon as they have been issued (no later than by the end of July).

Applicants will receive feedback, notifications and official admission offers through the DreamApply system to their e-mail. The decisions on applications will be made based on the electronic copies added to DreamApply.

The admission results will be announced by 15 May at the latest. Admitted candidates are expected to accept or decline the offer in 7 days. If the decision is not communicated to the university by the stipulated deadline, we reserve the right to withdraw the admission offer.

NB! It is not possible to postpone the beginning of studies to the next academic year.

Terms and conditions of the admission offer
The admission offers are conditional. This means, there are conditions in the offer which the applicant needs to fulfil in order to be admitted (e.g. sending application documents by post; obtaining the required level of education). If the conditions are not met, the admission offer can be withdrawn.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or amend any offer or revoke the matriculation of a student, if it becomes evident that the application contains fraudulent information, the qualification does not provide access to the chosen study programme or the student is found to have omitted key information from the application. Should such circumstances occur, the university will not be liable for any material or immaterial loss which the student may suffer as a result.

Step 3 | Sending the documents by post

All admitted students are required to send the application documents by post to: Student Admissions, University of Tartu, Ülikooli 18-133, Tartu 50090, ESTONIA.

The documents are expected to be mailed only by those receiving the admission offer (unless instructed otherwise by the admissions staff).The documents must reach the university within 3 weeks from the announcement of the offer. If the application documents do not reach the us by the deadline, the university has the right to withdraw the admission offer. Applicants will be informed when their documents have arrived.

Requirements for educational documents
All copies of educational documents (diplomas and Diploma Supplements/transcripts) must be officially certified. Certified copies should bear an original signature and seal of the authority certifying that these are true copies of the original. The documents can be certified either:

The university does not accept simple copies made on the basis of already certified copies (primary copies are needed).

NB! All admitted students are required to present their original qualification certificates upon arrival (unless these were sent directly from the issuing institution).

Step 4 | Receiving the official admission letter

The official admission letter will be sent to accepted students by e-mail only after reviewing hard copies of the application documents. The admission letter sent electronically is sufficient for non-EU students applying for visa/residence permit at an Estonian embassy.

Step 5 | Welcome to UT!

Once the admission letter is issued, accepted students may proceed further with arranging their arrival. All non-EU students should first consult information on the process of visa and temporary residence permit application to be sure, as where and when the relevant documents need to be applied. Note that housing at the UT dormitories can be applied during a limited period of time, unless specified otherwise on the website. When preparing for travel to Estonia, check the relevant information from UT Welcome Web.

Based upon common queries, the most important information has been summarised into a pre-arrival information leaflet available on the UT Getting Started website.